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Synthesis and Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Highly Strained, Ring‐Tilted [2]Ruthenocenophanes
Author(s) -
Nelson James M.,
Lough Alan J.,
Manners Ian
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199409891
Subject(s) - ring (chemistry) , polymerization , unit (ring theory) , bridge (graph theory) , materials science , polymer chemistry , thermal , ring opening polymerization , ethylene , crystallography , composite material , chemistry , polymer , physics , organic chemistry , catalysis , mathematics , thermodynamics , medicine , mathematics education
Only an ethylene bridge braces the Cp 2 Ru unit in the first [2]rutheno‐cenophane. This leads to a highly strained molecular framework (shown on the right) and makes [2]ruthenocenophanes suitable starting materials for thermal ring‐opening polymerization to give poly‐(ruthenocenylethylene)s.